Current Events > Devil May Cry's camera is a paaaain

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I've played the game before back in the day on my PS2 but I never really got far and I thought it was just because I was terrible but that wasn't the only reason...I fought that scorpion and the camera kept changing which made it so hard. I DID learn that I could roll using RB(playing on Xbxox) but none of the controls were ever clear and I had to change the controls to Type B because pressing Y to use a sword attack doesn't feel right.

I just finished fighting Nelo Angelo(assuming for the first time) and won. I was pretty shocked. Playing FFXVI has gotten me into wanting to play the DMC series and I decided to start with 1. I remember talk of how DMC was supposed to be Resident Evil 4 and they changed it and I can see how the tone, music, and camera setting made it clear it was going to be RE lol...

Yeah it's an obvious RE relic that they just couldn't fix I guess.

Hmm yeah it uses director's camera. I think dmc 5 has more of a modern camera tho iirc (been a while since I last played it).

Also I put main attack button on the left face button (square for ps controllers i forgot for xbox). More comfy imo

The dmc that ffxvi resembles the most is prob the 5th one btw. But im just judging based on videos I've seen. I can't actually play ffxvi yet cuz I only have a computer for gaming

Ratchetrockon posted...

Hmm yeah it uses director's camera. I think dmc 5 has more of a modern camera tho iirc (been a while since I last played it).

Also I put main attack button on the left face button (square for ps controllers i forgot for xbox). More comfy imo

Yeah, square/x is where I have it. That's type B controller and I was glad I could change it. Y/Triangle is a terrible place for an attack button. The only problem now is Triangle/X is the command for opening doors and investigating objects andI keep hitting circle instead lol.

BurmesePenguin posted...

Yeah it's an obvious RE relic that they just couldn't fix I guess.

It makes me look stupid trying to jump around or dodge just because the camera changed and there's nothing to dodge but I'm not taking chances.

When you played games in that era, you just kind of accepted that the real end boss of the game was the camera you'd be fighting the entire way.

It's kind of a big issue but it's also one of the few issues the game has to me so I can get over it and thoroughly enjoy the game regardless.

Fuck underwater gameplay and the ghost ship boss, though

CoyoteTheGreat posted...

When you played games in that era, you just kind of accepted that the real end boss of the game was the camera you'd be fighting the entire way.

I still sometimes accept that in Dark Souls games, tbh.

Well look at it this way, least gameplay fits within the boundaries of the RE fixed camera angle so you could git gud eventually learning how to adapt to the environments.

Whereas Ninja Gaiden 1 and 2 for Xbox on the other hand, were farrrrr more diabolically difficult because they had a no-lock-on, free camera system that worked about as "perfectly" as Super Mario 64...

Well that's why the camera is bad, you need to play it on at least ps4 if not ps5!

Revisited posted...

Well that's why the camera is bad, you need to play it on at least ps4 if not ps5!

While I have a PS5, I wanted to find SOMETHING to play on my xbox. I feel bad for it. Just sitting there...with no games.

I figured since I want to play DMC again, I'd buy the HD collection and why not find some use for my xbox in the process?

I could never figure out how to dodge in the first one.

I really didn't like the camera in the Griffon fights.
Outside of that you get used to it.

DrizztLink posted...

I could never figure out how to dodge in the first one.

Its weird but hold RB to aim and use A(for xbox) and X(for PS) while moving the stick in a direction and you'll roll. I did it by accident when I was trying to aim and shoot and pressed the wrong button. Still fuck up a lot but I was able to learn a few of the moves to get by.

Another issue I have is that I have the HP healing thing but after I die the first time(after using it) its not going to come back and I have only so many lives left and they only limit you to one healing trinket.

Don't they give you the jump dodge in 1?
The thing where you jump and while you get invuln frames for the part where you're ascending?

ViewtifulJoe posted...

Don't they give you the jump dodge in 1?
The thing where you jump and while you get invuln frames for the part where you're ascending?

Is it something you gain or something? Because while jumping is useful, I'd hardly want to say I should jump the whole time lol

dameon_reaper posted...

Is it something you gain or something? Because while jumping is useful, I'd hardly want to say I should jump the whole time lol

I can't remember, haven't played in a while.
If it's in the game, it should be innate to the character from the start.